> > What is the Guardian used for?
> >
> > Do i need it?
>
> Does No body know the answer?

Aren't you a bit impatient!

The Guardian starts the server and restarts it when it
crashes.

In Windows 2000/XP, you can set the Service to
restart automatically, so you don't need it perse.

And, of course, a database server service should
simply never crash ;-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com